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Some webinars and classes have maximum enrollment, so register early.
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Fall Classes

Smartphone Photography Series – Online
Tuesdays from 10 – 11:30 AM on October 5, 12, 19, 2021

Photography can add so much to our lives by recording and sharing special events, places, family and friends, and most importantly, our cherished memories. It can also be a wonderful hobby, as it gets us out and about, keeps us busy and creative, and enables us to continue to learn, grow, and enjoy life.

Join us in this 3-lesson class to learn about some of the most popular types of photography (Portraiture, Candid, Landscape, Nature, etc.), best practices to improve your photography skills, tips and techniques to enhance the quality of your photos, and photo editing to adjust/enhance your most important photos.

Lessons 1 and 2 are followed by a free and optional Photo Workshop, where you can discuss and learn from each other’s photos. Following these sessions, an optional photo sharing workshop will be scheduled, based on student availability

Lesson 3 is all about photo editing, using the Apps on your smartphone, and a third-party App named Snapseed. Even though you may be taking great photos, you will learn how to adjust or enhance your most important photos, making your best photos perfect.
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Click here to register and pay – cost $35

Microsoft PowerPoint Series – Online
Wednesdays from 2 – 3:30 PM on November 3, 10, 2021
This two-lesson class series is for those who wish to begin or increase their ability to use Microsoft PowerPoint. The lessons take you from getting started with your very first slide to completing a professional slide show presentation.

PowerPoint is an application that is part of Microsoft Office and used for creating slideshows. Slideshows are not only used for business presentations but just for fun: like picture slide shows at a family or community event. Our two-lesson class will get you started using PowerPoint right away to create slide shows that keep your audience engaged by applying professional design themes, using animation, and adding transitions between slides.

This class is for PowerPoint versions included in Microsoft Office releases from 2010 through 2019 and all releases of Microsoft 365 (formerly called Office 365).
Appropriate for Windows and Mac versions of PowerPoint.

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Click here to register and pay – cost $25
Fall Webinars

iPhone: The Camera
Thursday, September 30 at 2 PM

When world-famous photographer Annie Leibowitz was asked in an interview what kind of camera people should buy, she responded, “An iPhone.” Join SeniorNet’s free webinar to see why the iPhone camera is so popular. Ease of use and great editing tools are two reasons. You’ll see a demonstration of taking pictures, correcting them, and enhancing them.

Click here to register

Windows 10 Browser:
Moving from Internet Explorer to Edge
Monday, October 4 at 2 PM

The number one reason to stop using Internet Explorer is that it has major security issues. It is far more susceptible to hackers discovering your security software. Once they know this they can attack your computer without you ever knowing. Also, most websites won’t run on the old, outdated, and unsafe Internet Explorer.

We know it’s easy to stay with what you are comfortable with and we’re going to make this simple and fast for you to switch from Internet Explorer to Edge, which is Microsoft’s new modern, safe, and privacy-oriented browser. Join SeniorNet’s free webinar to make the switch and start surfing the web with confidence.

Click here after 5 AM on Sept 27th to register

All About QR Codes
Wednesday, October 6 at 2 PM

QR Code is a two-dimensional version of the barcode, typically made up of black and white pixel patterns. “QR” stands for “Quick Response”, which refers to instant access to the information hidden in the Code. Join SeniorNet’s free webinar to learn how QR codes can assist you in saving contact information, opening websites, sending emails, and more.

You will also learn how to generate your very own QR Code from any browser, whether Windows, Mac, or Mobile Device! Apple and Android mobile devices will be demonstrated.

Click here after 5 AM on Sept 27th to register

Internet Basics
Monday, October 11 at 2 PM

Don’t let the Internet baffle you. This is an easy introduction to the Internet and the World Wide Web (the Web). Join SeniorNet’s free webinar to learn how to open a browser, go to and navigate a web page, and use weblinks to go to other sites on the Web.

Microsoft’s Edge’s new Chromium-based browser will be the browser in the demonstration but the topics shown will apply to other internet browsers as well, e.g. Google Chrome, Apple’s Safari, and Firefox.

Click here after 5 AM on Oct 4th to register

Traveling with a Smartphone
Wednesday, October 13 at 2 PM

This seminar will tell you about the many options while using your smartphone when traveling outside your carrier’s coverage area. We’ll discuss what phone settings you need to change to avoid roaming charges, and what your options are if you still want the ability to make and receive calls.

Join SeniorNet to learn about the many apps available to you while traveling, such as: Google Translate, Google Duo, FaceTime, and off-line GPS (for navigation), etc.

Click here after 5 AM on Oct 4th to register

Buying a New Cell Phone
Wednesday, October 20 at 2 PM

You have a lot to consider when deciding on which cell phone to buy: Apple or Android is just the tip of the iceberg. Join SeniorNet’s free webinar to learn about your options in choosing the phone that’s best for your budget and how you’ll use it.

Click here after 5 AM on Oct 11th to register

Zoom: How to Host a Meeting
Monday, October 25 at 2 PM

You know how to join a Zoom meeting hosted by others. Now you want to learn how to host your own Zoom meeting! Join SeniorNet’s free webinar for a demonstration on how to create your own Zoom account and invite others to your scheduled meeting.

Learn how to run that meeting using Zoom’s basic controls on your Windows PC, Mac, iPad, or Tablet. It’s really easy, and, it’s FREE! This is a prerequisite for Practical Screen Sharing in Zoom.

Click here after 5 AM on Oct 18th to register

PRIVATE INSTRUCTION

Looking for PERSONALIZED INDIVIDUAL TRAINING? Let us know your technical training request, and we’ll match you with our experienced faculty. We provide individual training, so a student can concentrate on learning a specific subject on their desktop, laptop, tablet, or smartphone.

Private Instruction Request Form

Perhaps you haven’t had time for a full class and just want to solve one technical problem.

The fee* for the first hour is $20 (discounted from $25) payable 3 business days in advance. Each subsequent hour is $15 (discounted from $20). Handouts may be included.

*Summer rates extended by popular demand to December 31, 2021

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Lessons from Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Help Keep Kids and Teens Engaged in Learning as Social Distancing Continues

Learning loss is a real issue every summer, but in the unprecedented era of COVID-19, many students already began the summer at an educational disadvantage. As schools closed their doors weeks ahead of time, students completed the school year at home, relying on virtual classrooms and take-home work.

The digital divide made it a lot harder for some children to complete school work, especially those from low-income and minority households, who may not have reliable internet access. In homes where parents did not have the choice of tele-work, older children may have needed to care for their younger siblings so parents could work, making it even harder to do school work under already challenging circumstances.

Now there’s concern over how to keep kids engaged in learning this summer. Research finds children typically fall behind academically each summer, losing about two months’ worth of math skills during the summer. Low-income youth lose more than two months’ worth of reading skills, while their middle-class peers make slight gains.[1] Unchecked, summer learning losses can cause disadvantaged kids to fall behind and possibly jeopardize their chances of graduating from high school.

Public schools and some afterschool programs like Boys & Girls Clubs may remain closed this summer to prevent the spread of the virus, and that means students have lost an important lifeline – a place to connect with friends and teachers, work on their social and emotional skills (which help kids achieve success in areas like academics, arts, leadership and service) and access a typical learning experience. In this segment, parents can take some valuable cues and gain advice to help their kids from a youth development expert from Boys & Girls Clubs of America.

July 6 -11 has been designated as national Summer Learning Week, the perfect time to hear from Chrissy Chen, the Senior Director of Youth Development Programs at Boys & Girls Clubs of America. She’ll discuss how parents can learn some important tips to keep kids and teens learning during summer, especially due to the changes that happened during this recent school year due to COVID-19. She’ll also explain what the important tools are to make sure young people don’t experience summer learning loss while also building their social and emotional skills so they can prepare for the new school year — and life beyond the pandemic.

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Interview is courtesy: Boys & Girls Clubs of America

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Now an Innovative 4-H Program Is Changing That for Millions

The “American Dream” is built on the idea that with hard work, upward mobility and success are possible. In our ever evolving and technology dependent society, digital skills and broadband access are necessary tools for achievement.

However, more than 24 million people living in the U.S., including 19 million in rural communities, do not have access to broadband, also known as high speed internet. That leaves a large portion of today’s teens locked out when it comes to high speed internet. This essential service in today’s economy impacts everything from children’s education to their future economic mobility.

Recent research shows that overall, teens without broadband access feel less equipped online with it comes to connecting, creating and learning. The research also shows:

 Almost half of teens surveyed said they’ve struggled to complete homework due to slow internet connections
 Teens without broadband are less optimistic about their social mobility for higher education & careers
 43% of rural teens surveyed plan to leave their hometowns and 34% of those teens cite poor internet connectivity as the reason; which means these towns are losing talent and future innovation.

As leaders in positive youth development, National 4-H Council partnered with Microsoft on the 4-H Tech Changemakers program. The initiative is aimed at closing the connectivity gap in rural areas by empowering teens to bring technology and digital skills to their communities. The program works to position digital skills as a valuable life skill that’s necessary for improving non-urban communities’ path towards economic mobility.

The 4-H Tech Changemakers are working with broadband service providers throughout the U.S., along with community members and civic leaders to help teens gain the digital skills needed to benefit from technology and high-speed connectivity, which includes everything from online safety to computer basics and device training.

On Friday, April 24, join members of the 4-H Tech Changemakers to learn more about the programs being implemented, how they’re helping to bridge this technological gap and make sure that all community members across the country have the tools and skills they need to achieve the American dream.

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NEW FUNDINGS
Full Truck Alliance Group, China’s biggest app for Uber-like truck services, reportedly raised $1.9 billion in funding to fuel its expansion at a valuation of $6.5 billion with backers including SoftBank Vision Fund, China Reform Fund, GSR Ventures and Alphabet Inc.’s CapitalG. Existing investors Tencent Holdings Ltd. and Sequoia Capital also were involved in the round.
Keep on truckin.

Chinese biotech startup NuProbe has bagged $11 million in a Series A round co-led by Sequoia Capital China and hedge fund Serica Partners, plus corporate strategic investor WuXi AppTec.

Silicon chipmaker Innovium raised $77 million in a Series D funding from veteran chip investor Walden International.

Want to know how competitive the cryptocurrency market is for venture capital funding? Consider that Sequoia China sued the founder of crypto trading exchange Binance for failing to honor an exclusivity agreement during negotiations, and sought an injunction against the founder, well-known as CZ, from negotiating with other investors. Sequoia had offered Binance a term sheet for a $9.5 million, Series A investment for a 12% stake in Binance. A Hong Kong court recently struck down the injunction.

IPOs
Chinese ride-hailing leader Didi Chuxing is preparing for an IPO as early as this year at a valuation of $70 billion to $80 billion, up from its most recent venture funding valuation of $57.6 billion. Didi could beat Uber to the public markets.

NOTEWORTHY
Image recognition has caught on in China in a big way. Beijing airport security checks scan your passport and face at the same time before sliding your luggage through. And parking garages are scanning license plates on cars to whisk drivers through the toll gate. No more reaching for paper tickets out the car window.

Anyone that believes that Apple will discontinue the iPhone X or that iPhone sales are down has not been to China. If anything Apple will make an X+ and make it bigger and more expensive. iPhone shipments to China were up 32% in Q1 2018, and Apple’s share of the Chinese smartphone market rose to 14.3% from 10% a year ago.

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TALK TO RENOWNED RELATIONSHIP EXPERT, SOCIOLOGIST &SEXOLOGIST PEPPER SCHWARTZ, PhD.

NEW RESEARCH ON MODERN LOVE
WITH THE HOST OF THE HIT SHOW
‘MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT’

One of the Nation’s Top Relationship Experts Shares an AVVO Study that Explains How Americans Feel about Marriage, Divorce & Relationships

When it comes to relationships and modern love, Pepper Schwartz, PhD., is one of the top experts in the nation. She’s best known as the Co-Host of the unique and top-rated show MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT, but is also the author of 25 books on relationships. She is truly recognized as one of the premiere experts on dating in today’s society. In our contemporary world, relationships are constantly changing with internet dating sites, marriage and divorce. So with spring and love in the air, Dr. Schwartz is ready to discuss the fascinating findings in a new AVVO Relationship Study that provides some interesting and often surprising information about the way people feel about relationships. From the 1st anniversary of the Supreme Court’s ruling on Gay Marriage to Millennial and ‘Grey Love’ viewpoints on modern love. Your internet subscribers will find the topic and the information both timely and educational.

LINK TO THE FULL STUDY

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Steve Ewell is the executive director of the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) Foundation, a charitable foundation with the mission of linking seniors and people with disabilities with technology that can enhance their lives. He joined the CTA Foundation in January 2012 and is the first person to hold this position. We also interview Walter Alcorn, VP Environmental Affairs and Industry Sustainability about their good work.

Prior to joining the CTA Foundation he served in other nonprofit leadership roles. He was managing director of the InfraGard National Members Alliance (INMA), a public private partnership with the FBI focused on promoting and developing critical infrastructure protection, with 86 chapters and more than 40,000 members.

While at Business Executives for National Security (BENS), Steve served as the director of the Metro Washington, DC region where he built the membership in DC, Maryland and Virginia into one of the largest and most active regions in the organization through a wide variety of policy engagements and programs.

Steve graduated cum laude from Drew University with a Bachelors of Arts and earned his MBA and Masters in information and telecommunications systems from Johns Hopkins University’s Carey Business School. He serves on the Board of Directors of Grantmakers in Aging and the Washington Cyber Roundtable. In 2014 he was selected by Dealerscope Magazine as one of their Top 40 under 40. He lives with his wife, Kelly, in Leesburg, VA.

Investing in Las Vegas: Consumer Technology Association Announces Sustainability, Education Partnerships with CES Host Community
Sustainability grants for Green our Planet, Touro University; EverFi partnership will benefit Clark County schools

Las Vegas, NV, January 5th, 2016 – The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) – formerly the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® – today announced its continued support of the Las Vegas community through a new partnership with education technology company EverFi, and donations for sustainability projects in Las Vegas and the surrounding community. This marks the eighth consecutive year that CTA – owner and producer of CES®, the world’s gathering place for all who thrive on the business of consumer technologies – has given sustainability grants to the greater Las Vegas community.

“Las Vegas has been an amazing and gracious host to CES for nearly four decades. In turn, our commitment to the local community remains strong,” said Gary Shapiro, president and CEO, Consumer Technology Association. “In addition to our grants that help advance clean energy and greener living in the area, our exciting new partnership with EverFi will build an educational platform on which we can further invest in the home city of CES and hopefully inspire and support the community’s future innovators and entrepreneurs.”

“The city’s partnership with CES continues to be an amazing benefit to the community,” said Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn G. Goodman. “The annual CES show is so exciting and having it in fabulous Las Vegas only heightens that excitement. We look forward to many more years or working together to build the Las Vegas community and to put on the world’s top electronics show.”

CTA announced the following grants to benefit Las Vegas area organizations, schools and students:

• EverFi’s “Future Innovators” program in Clark County schools ($76,000): The program teaches high school students important business skills and inspires their entrepreneurial spirits. Students develop their own personalized plans for business, along with a roadmap for academic and career success.

• Green Our Planet’s Outdoor Garden Classroom ($14,000): This signature program integrates school gardens into the education curriculum and helps students raise test scores, learn about healthy eating and lifestyles, combat obesity and foster a greater respect for nature and the environment. CTA’s 2015 grant to Green Our Planet led to the installation of 14 outdoor garden classrooms, reaching over 10,000 local students.

• Touro University Nevada’s electric vehicle (EV) charging system ($10,000): This grant will help fund one EV charging station for the school’s Las Vegas campus. Last year, CTA provided Touro University with a grant to upgrade the exterior lighting fixtures on campus from fluorescent bulbs to energy-saving LED lights.

EverFi is an education technology company that helps students develop critical career skills through an on-the-ground education network in over 12,000 K-12 schools. CTA’s newly announced “Future Innovators” program, powered by EverFi’s digital learning course Venture – Entrepreneurial ExpeditionTM, provides an interactive learning experience to help guide Clark County school district students through their personal journey to become entrepreneurs. The course is designed to inspire the next generation of business leaders and expose students to important entrepreneurial skills that encourage future success in any career.

“Now more than ever, students need to be exposed to important entrepreneurial skills like innovative thinking, problem solving and real-world experiences that can encourage success in any career,” said Tom Davidson, CEO and co-founder, EverFi. “We are thrilled to partner with CTA to help build the next generation of business leaders in Las Vegas and beyond.”

“Touro University Nevada is pleased to receive support again this year from CTA,” said former Nevada Congresswoman and Touro CEO and Senior Provost Shelley Berkley. “Touro is committed to green initiatives that improve our services to students while also positively lowering our carbon footprint. The support from CTA will enable us to further this commitment to our students, faculty, staff and the community through the installation of an EV charging station on campus.”

“We are both honored and delighted to be the recipient for the second time of a CTA sustainability grant,” said Kim MacQuarrie, Co-CEO of Green Our Planet. “CTA has been a real force in helping us carry out our mission of building Outdoor Garden Classrooms in K-12 schools so that students can learn about STEM, conservation, and nutrition subjects more effectively.”

CTA has for years supported sustainability efforts in the Las Vegas community through various green grants. Previous fund recipients have included the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, for their DesertSol project, Green Chips for installing a solar energy system at Opportunity Village’s Magical Forest and the Las Vegas Convention Center for an electric vehicle charging station. Also, CTA helped fund a solar power system for the famous “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas” sign.

In addition to financial donations, the Consumer Technology Association works with the show’s general contractor and vendors to make the production of CES more sustainable. In 2015, CES general contractor Freeman recycled nearly half a million square feet of carpet while reusing the rest, and over 20,000 square feet of magnetic banners were recycled to produce new magnetic materials. Additionally, all CES Press Rooms operate with paperless press kits, saving an estimated 2.5 million pages of printed paper.

CES represents the entire technology ecosystem, bringing together all major industries from around the globe and providing an opportunity to conduct business under one roof. CES attendees travel from 150 countries, and collectively avoid more than 3.5 million miles in business trips that they otherwise would have to take if not for the show. In 2015, CES attendees participated in an average of 33 meetings while at the show. On average, 80 percent of those meetings would not have occurred otherwise.

For more information on CES’s sustainability practices and programs supportive to the Las Vegas community please visit CESweb.org/green.

About Consumer Technology Association:
Consumer Technology Association (CTA)TM, formerly Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)®, is the trade association representing the $287 billion U.S. consumer technology industry. More than 2,200 companies – 80 percent are small businesses and startups; others are among the world’s best known brands – enjoy the benefits of CTA membership including policy advocacy, market research, technical education, industry promotion, standards development and the fostering of business and strategic relationships. CTA also owns and produces CES® – the world’s gathering place for all who thrive on the business of consumer technology. Profits from CES are reinvested into CTA’s industry services.

About CES:
CES is the world’s gathering place for all who thrive on the business of consumer technology. It has served as the proving ground for innovators and breakthrough technologies for almost 50 years—the global stage where next-generation innovations are introduced to the marketplace. As the largest hands-on event of its kind, CES features all aspects of the industry. And because it is owned and produced by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)TM – formerly the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® – the technology trade association representing the $285 billion U.S. consumer technology industry, it attracts the world’s business leaders and pioneering thinkers to a forum where the industry’s most relevant issues are addressed. Check out CES video highlights. Follow CES online at www.CESweb.org and on social.

UPCOMING EVENTS

• CES 2016 – Register
January 6-9, Las Vegas, NV
• Winter Break
March 21-24, Park City, UT
• Technology & Standards Spring Forum
April 4-8, San Diego, CA
• CES on the Hill
April 19, Washington, DC

• Digital Patriots Dinner
April 20, Washington, DC
• CES Asia 2016
May 11-13, Shanghai, China
• CEO Summit
June 21-24, Tel Aviv, Israel
• Innovate!
September 20-22, San Jose, CA
• CES 2017
January 5-8, Las Vegas, NV

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With over 25 years of domestic and international experience in information technology development, delivery and management, he has held a number of senior leadership positions. As AARP’s Chief Information Officer, he transformed the IT organization from a “cost center” to a “value center,” running IT like a business and stimulating innovation across the enterprise and closing the gap in digital literacy for the 50+.
Prior to joining AARP, he worked as a principal for IBM’s Media and Entertainment practice, with a primary focus of turning around troubled IT projects and corporate change management initiatives. Previously, he served as solution delivery executive for Gaming-Technologies Corporation (G-Tech), leading the implementation of Online Lottery Systems (OLS) in 5 states, as well as national lotteries in the Netherlands, United Kingdom, Chile, Brazil, Australia, Taiwan and Finland. Prior to G-Tech, he resided in Amsterdam and served as Intergraph Corporation’s technology liaison for their European sales and manufacturing operations.

He holds a BS degree in computer information systems from Florida A&M University that he earned while on a full athletic scholarship. His primary residence is in Miami. He is an accomplished musician, composer and music producer. He performs with and develops talented musicians in the Miami area.
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